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up and spoke a little English, which they said they were learning in school.
We made efforts to converse; I was really trying to teach them a few words and phrases. Suddenly, 50 people had gathered around us, curious and amused.
Archeological Digs
Sian was a capital of China for more than a thousand years. Outside the city, almost an hour’s drive away, we were taken this morning to see the Chin Shi Shang mausoleum excavation. Here 2,000 years ago the first emperor of the Chin dynasty was buried with thousands of life-sized clay horses and soldiers, each seemingly a portrait figure. We are told that the use of clay figures rather than living beings for burial accompaniment marked a significant advance in China.
Several of the long buried figures have been restored and stand in a small building where we learn details about the discoveries. The excavation site is covered by a permanent structure (still under construction) as large or larger than a football field. Four hundred workers, many of them archeology students, are unearthing the remains of the building which was constructed to house these myriad figures. The emperor's tomb and other adjacent burial grounds have yet to be dug up. It is extraordinary to see the figures of men and horses emerging over a vast area before one’s eyes.
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